Necktie supporter



Oct. 27, 1931. L. MARSHALL NECKTIE SUPPORTER Filed Aug. 6, 1950 A llorney Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES LELIA MARSHALL, OF BUFFALO, NEVI YORK nnoxrrnsurron'rmt Application filed August 6, 1930. Serial No. 473,398.

This invention relates to a necktie supporter and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character embodying the novel construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the necktie will be maintained in proper position relative to the collar when VOTE.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a necktie supporter of the character described, which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eflicient in its use and which may be manufactured at a low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advanta es of the invention may become apparent 7 rom a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying, drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate correspending parts throughout the several views,

and wherein: p

Figure 1 isa view in front elevation showing the support constructed in accordance tions of the neck band of a shirt, having the collar 3 thereon, the ends of said neck band being secured together in the usual manner by the conventional collar button 4. A necktie of the four-in-hand type is designated by the reference numeral 5.

The supporter constituting one embodicent of the present invention comprises an elastic strap 6, and aninelastic strap 7, said straps 6 and 7being folded upon themselves and having their opposite ends stitched t'0-, gether as at 8, in a manner to provide oppo sitely extending loops. The fold of the inelastic strap 7 have formed thereinadjacent the fold line of said strap 7, a longitudinally extending eye 8, through which the shank of the collar button 4 is embedded.

In use, the loop 7 is folded, over the overlapping end portions 1 and 2 of the neck band of the shirt,*in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 20f the drawings and the eye 8 is aligned with the button holes in the neck band. The collar button 4 is then inserted and it will then be noted that the loop 7 is thus secured between the inner side of the neck band and the comparatively large disc onthe inner end of the collar button. It will be seen that the elastic loop 6 depends between the wings of the collar 3, and a finger or suitable implement is inserted through the loop 6 and saidloop is stretched after which the necktie. 5 is tied on said loop. It will thus be seen that the loop 6 extends through the knot in the necktie. The loop 6 is then released and in returning to its normal unstretched position, the necktie will be moved upwardly and engaged tightly in 751- position against the collar. g In the slightly modified form of the invention, illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, an elastic strip is folded upon itself to pro- I vide the loop 10, the opposite ends of which may be stitched or otherwise secured together and through which a suitable flexible inelastic loop in the form of a cord or other strand of material 11 is inserted.

The loop 11 is comparatively short and is adapted to be slipped over the head on the forward or outer end of the collar button and suspended from the shank of said collar button forwardly of the neck band of the shirt. The manner of using the device illustratedin Figure 4 is the same as the device illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3, and need not be repeated here.

It is believed that the many advantages-of a necktie supporter constructed in accordance with this invention will be readily understood and although the preferred embodimeat of the-invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changesin the details of construction may be had, 429

which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed,

What is claimed is:

1. A necktie supporter of the character 1 described comprising, in combination, a flexible loop of inelastic material and a flexible loop of elastic material, said loops connected together at one end, the inelastic loop having a buttonhole adjacent its free end for connection with a collar button.

2. A necktie supporter of the character described comprising, in combination, a pair of flat, flexible strips, one of said strips being formed of elastic material, the other of the strips being formed of inelastic material, said strips being folded upon themselves transversely at their middle and having their ends stitched together in a manner to provide connected loops, the folds of the free end portion of the inelastic loop having aligned buttonholes therein for receiving a collar button.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. 'LELIA MARSHALL. 

